AMD Athlon X4 850 vs AMD PRO A6-8570

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon X4 850 and AMD PRO A6-8570 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Peripherals, Graphics, Graphics API support, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark.

AMD Athlon X4 850

AMD PRO A6-8570

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon X4 850

Processor is unlocked, an unlocked multiplier allows for easier overclocking
2 more cores, run more applications at once: 4 vs 2
Around 3% higher clock speed: 3.9 GHz vs 3.8 GHz
Around 77% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 3366 vs 1906

Specifications (specs)
Unlocked	Unlocked vs Locked
Number of cores	4 vs 2
Maximum frequency	3.9 GHz vs 3.8 GHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark	3366 vs 1906

Reasons to consider the AMD PRO A6-8570

262144x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
Around 5% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1646 vs 1575

Specifications (specs)
L2 cache	1 MB vs 4MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1646 vs 1575

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Athlon X4 850
CPU 2: AMD PRO A6-8570

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1575

1646

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

3366

1906

Name	AMD Athlon X4 850	AMD PRO A6-8570
PassMark - Single thread mark	1575	1646
PassMark - CPU mark	3366	1906

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Athlon X4 850	AMD PRO A6-8570
Essentials
Architecture codename	Godaveri
Launch date	Jul 2015
Place in performance rating	1605	1590
Family		AMD PRO A-Series Processors
OPN Tray		AD857BAGM23AB
OS Support		Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition, Windows 7 - 64-Bit Edition, RHEL x86 64-Bit, Ubuntu x86 64-Bit
Series		AMD PRO A-Series A6 APU for Desktops
Vertical segment		Desktop
Performance
Base frequency	3.2 GHz	3.5 GHz
Die size	245 mm²
L1 cache	256K
L2 cache	4MB	1 MB
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Maximum core temperature	90°C
Maximum frequency	3.9 GHz	3.8 GHz
Number of cores	4	2
Number of threads	4
Transistor count	2,411 million
Unlocked
Number of GPU cores		6
Memory
ECC memory support
Supported memory types	DDR3-2133 MHz, Dual-channel
Max memory channels		2
Supported memory frequency		2400 MHz
Compatibility
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	1
Sockets supported	FM2+	AM4
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt	65 Watt
Peripherals
PCIe configurations	Gen 3, 16 Lanes, (CPU only)
PCI Express revision		3.0
Graphics
Graphics max frequency		1029 MHz
Processor graphics		R5
Switchable graphics
Graphics API support
DirectX		12
Vulkan
Advanced Technologies
FreeSync
Fused Multiply-Add 4 (FMA4)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® AES New Instructions
Virtualization
AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)